Mexico's military was unaware of CIA agents who died in crash, president says

World Mexico's military unaware of presence of CIA agents who died in crash following drug lab raid, president says April 22, 2026 / 12:56 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told reporters on Wednesday that the Mexican military was unaware of the presence of U.S. agents who died in a car accident during an antidrug operation in the border state of Chihuahua."Evidently, the military didn't know there were people participating who weren't Mexican citizens ... that there were foreigners participating in the operation," Sheinbaum told reporters. "This is something that Mexicans shouldn't take lightly."The two Americans killed in the crash were employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, multiple people familiar with the matter told CBS News. The CIA declined to comment. Sheinbaum said the federal government is still investigating a potential violation of national security laws in the still-murky incident.Mexican authorities said the Americans died alongside two Mexican officers and had taken part in a raid on a clandestine drug lab in the northern state's remote sierra. Methamphetamine labs were found in the mountains between Morelos and Guachochi, Mexican officials said. Chihuahua State Investigation Agency In a news release, the state attorney general's office identified the two Mexican casualties as first commander of the state investigation agency Pedro Román Oseguera Cervantes and officer Manuel Genaro Méndez Montes.The five-car convoy included soldiers and members of the Chihuahua State Investigation Agency, authorities said.The U.S. agents killed were "instructor officers" who "were carrying out training tasks" as part of binational anti-drug cooperation, state prosecutor Cesar Jauregui told reporters. Jauregui called the targeted labs "one of the largest sites found in the country where chemical drugs were produced." U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson expressed his condolences on socia...